Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-09-22
GENERAL

shire, England, have struck for higher
wages.
LABoUcHERE, Drummer and Leak, English
members of Parliament, have been elected
/ members OF the Irish National League.
A SOLDIER In the PontIfcal corps in Rome
has been attacked with cholera and much
anxiety is felt at the Vatican.
TEN of the crew of the British bark
| Balaklava were lost July 90 on a voyage
from London to San Francisco.
CHOLERA is said to be decreasing in all the
| infected localities throughout Italy.
/ ABYssINIA is said to have broken her
treaties with England and Italy without
| reason.
FIVE thousand acres of forests in Mace
donna have been destroyed by fire.
| PRINCE BISMARCK has been somewhat
weakened by the baths at Kissingen, but ex-
| poets good results.
| EDWARD HARRINGTON Nationalist, and
| Graham, Advanced Liberal, were suspend
| ed insthe British House of Commons on the
! 18th. Graham's offense was a violent at
tack on the House of Lords during debate
| on the Coal Miners bill.
| FIFTY lives were reported lost in the
crews of the French fishing feet during
the recent great storm off the banks of
| Newfoundland. A fishing vessel was found
adrift with the bodies of the crew floating
in the cabin.
IT is reported in Ottawa, Ont, that I'M
less Manitoba backs down regarding the
Red River railroad the Federal Government
Will refuse to pay the next half years sub
sidy.
EDWIN GOULD and Sidney Shepherd have
been elected directors of the Western Union
Telegraph Company to replace George d.
Morgan and Henry B. Hyde.
THE Bavarlan Parliam ant opened at Mu-
Mich on the 18th. The Prince Regent, in a
speech, announced the new Budget bill
varia to the North German Brandy Tax As
ISOLATION, rise in the price of brandy had
rendered the tax necessary. The abandon
ment of the Bavarian monopoly was unde-
sirabie.
OWING to rain the Emperor of Germany
was unable to attend the army maneuverS
at Stettin.
NJ. RoUvIER. French Minister of Finance,
was reported meditating resignation be-
cause OF financial troubles.
HEAVY duties on imported fish are being
advocated by German papers to protect the
home industry.
Two Hungarian officers were arrested the
other day for wholesale swlndling One
hanged himself in prison.
GENERAL AUGUST VoN WERDER, COM
mander of the Third army corps of Germany
during the Franco-Prussian war, is dead.
Two ferry boats collded in front of To-
ronto, Ont, the other night, but though
both were crowded no one was hurt. Four
men jumped overheard but were rescued.
WHILE returning from a funeral at
Mitchellstown, Ireland, on the 14th a mob
completely wrecked the house of several
obnoxious tenants in Galballey, who were
compelled to flee for their lives.
Two brothers named Juergensen, who re-
turned TO their native village, Albersim. on
Island of Fohr, four months ago, after be-
ing two years in America, have been or
dered to leave Prussian territory.
THE Gar proposes to remain in Denmark
until October Is.
THE schooner Provost, from Chatham,
Ont, was driven ashore at Detour Light
house point recently during d heavy north
east gale. The crew, including one woman.
were swamped in the yawl before reaching
the beach, but fortunately no lives were
lost.
1T is reported that the French Govern
ment is preparing a reply to the manifesto
of the Count of Paris, explaining the policy
it intends to pursue in the coming session.
1T is proposed to erect a monument o the
victims of the ARRAY at Mitchellstown, Ire
land.
TIE Typographical Union of QUEBEC,
Can, proposes to put the nine-hour day
into full effect, beginning November l.
IRISH landlords at Dublin the other day
adopted resolutions denying that the rents
prevailing in Ireland were excessive or
that general and reasonable attachments
had been refused during the times of dis
tress. Rem had not been increased in Ire
land since 1910.